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And would not put my reputation now in any staining act

PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 3.7
SPEAKER: Widow
CONTEXT:
HELEN
If you misdoubt me that I am not she,
I know not how I shall assure you further,
But I shall lose the grounds I work upon.
WIDOW
Though my estate be fallen, I was well born,
Nothing acquainted with these businesses;
And would not put my reputation now
In any staining act.
HELEN
Nor would I wish you.
First, give me trust, the count he is my husband,
And what to your sworn counsel I have spoken
Is so from word to word; and then you cannot,
By the good aid that I of you shall borrow,
Err in bestowing it.

DUTCH:
Ik ben verarmd, maar toch van goeden huize,
En ben met zulke zaken niet vertrouwd,
En zou mijn goeden nnam niet willen smetten
Door iets oneerbaars .

MORE:
Misdoubt=Doubt
But I shall lose the grounds I work upon=Unless I disclose my plan
Though=Although
Estate be fallen=Fortunes have declined, fallen on hard times
Give me trust=Trust me (that)
Staining=To cause shame
Counsel=Secrecy
Compleat:
Misdoubt=’t Onrecht twyfelen
Estate=Bezit, middelen
Stain=Bevlekken, besmetten, bezwalken
Err=Dwaalen, doolen

Topics: suspicion, risk, reputation

Categories: All's Well That Ends Well, reputation, suspicion|

The quaint mazes in the wanton green for lack of tread are undistinguishable

PLAY: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: Titania
CONTEXT:
TITANIA
These are the forgeries of jealousy.
And never, since the middle summer’s spring,
Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead,
By pavèd fountain, or by rushy brook,
Or in the beachèd margent of the sea,
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind,
But with thy brawls thou hast disturbed our sport.
Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain,
As in revenge, have sucked up from the sea
Contagious fogs, which falling in the land
Have every pelting river made so proud
That they have overborne their continents.
The ox hath therefore stretched his yoke in vain,
The ploughman lost his sweat, and the green corn
Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.
The fold stands empty in the drownèd field,
And crows are fatted with the murrain flock.
The nine-men’s-morris is filled up with mud,
And the quaint mazes in the wanton green
For lack of tread are undistinguishable.
The human mortals want their winter here.
No night is now with hymn or carol blessed.
Therefore the moon, the governess of floods,
Pale in her anger, washes all the air,
That rheumatic diseases do abound.
And thorough this distemperature we see
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts
Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose,
And on old Hiems’ thin and icy crown
An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery, set. The spring, the summer,
The childing autumn, angry winter change
Their wonted liveries, and the mazèd world,
By their increase, now knows not which is which.
And this same progeny of evils comes
From our debate, from our dissension.
We are their parents and original

DUTCH:
(…) lente, zomer,
De gulle herfst, de stuursche winter ruilden
Van kleed; de wereld, gansch verbijsterd, kent
Hen, zelfs aan bloem en vrucht, niet uit elkaar;
En heel deez’ sleep van plagen komt alleen
Van onze oneenigheid, van onzen twist;
Wij hebben dien verwekt, dien voortgebracht.

MORE:
Forgeries=Lies
Rushy=Bordered with rushes
Ringlets=Dances
Brawls=Quarrels
Pelting=Paltry (or pelting)
Continent=Bank
Murrain=Diseased (murrain is a disease affecting sheep and cattle)
Nine-men’s-morris=An outdoor game
Quaint=Intricate
Lack of tread=Where nobody walks
Hiems=Winter god
Childing=Fruitful
Change=Exchange
Wonted=Usual
Liveries=Clothing
Mazèd=Bewildered
Debate=Dispute
Compleat:
Forgery=Een verdichtsel, verziersel
Brawl=Gekyf
Continent=Het vaste land
Murrain (murren)=Sterfte onder de beesten
Quaint=Cierlyk
To tread=Treeden, betreeden
Livery=een Lievry
Wonted=Gewoon, gewoonlyk
It put me in a maze=Het deed my versteld staan, het maakte my bedwelmd
Debate=Twist, verschil, krakkeel

Topics: suspicion, truth, time, nature

Categories: A Midsummer Night's Dream, nature, suspicion, time|

Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius, that you would have me seek into myself for that which is not in me?

PLAY: Julius Caesar
ACT/SCENE: 1.2
SPEAKER: Brutus
CONTEXT:
BRUTUS
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?
CASSIUS
Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear.
And since you know you cannot see yourself
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus.
Were I a common laughter, or did use
To stale with ordinary oaths my love
To every new protester, if you know
That I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And, after, scandal them, or if you know
That I profess myself in banqueting
To all the rout, then hold me dangerous.

DUTCH:
In wat gevaren, Cassius, lokt gij mij ?
Dat gij mij dringt mijn binnenst te doorvorschen
Naar wat niet in mij is?

MORE:
Glass=Mirror
Jealous=Suspicion
Gentle=Mild, kind; noble
To stale=Debase, sully
Laughter=Object of ridicule
Ordinary=Common
Protester=Promiser of loyalty
Fawn on=Flatter
Scandal=Defame
Compleat:
Glass=Spiegel
Jealous=Belgziek, yverzuchtig, minnenydig; naayverig, argwaanig, achterdochtig, achterkousig, jaloers
Gentle=Aardig, edelmoedig
Ordinary=Gewoonlyk, gemeen
Protester=Een aankondiger, betuiger
To fawn upon=Vleijen, streelen
To scandal=Lasteren, enteeren

Topics: honesty, truth, envy, friendship, suspicion

Categories: envy, friendship, honesty, Julius Caesar, suspicion|

And since you know you cannot see yourself so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself

PLAY: Julius Caesar
ACT/SCENE: 1.2
SPEAKER: Cassius
CONTEXT:
BRUTUS
Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius,
That you would have me seek into myself
For that which is not in me?
CASSIUS
Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear.
And since you know you cannot see yourself
So well as by reflection, I, your glass,
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of.
And be not jealous on me, gentle Brutus.
Were I a common laughter, or did use
To stale with ordinary oaths my love
To every new protester, if you know
That I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And, after, scandal them, or if you know
That I profess myself in banqueting
To all the rout, then hold me dangerous.

DUTCH:
En wijl gij weet, dat gij uzelf niet beter
Dan door weerkaatsing zien kunt, zoo wil ik,
Uw spiegel, welbezonnen dat van u
Aan u onthullen, wat gijzelf niet weet.

Topics: honesty, truth, envy, friendship, suspicion

Categories: envy, friendship, honesty, Julius Caesar, suspicion|

You do me shameful injury falsely to draw me in these vile suspects

PLAY: Richard III
ACT/SCENE: 1.3
SPEAKER: Queen Elizabeth
CONTEXT:
RICHARD
Meantime God grants that we have need of you.
Our brother is imprisoned by your means,
Myself disgraced, and the nobility
Held in contempt, while great promotions
Are daily given to ennoble those
That scarce some two days since were worth a noble.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
By Him that raised me to this care-full height
From that contented hap which I enjoyed,
I never did incense his majesty
Against the duke of Clarence, but have been
An earnest advocate to plead for him.
My lord, you do me shameful injury
Falsely to draw me in these vile suspects

DUTCH:
Mylord, gij doet mij smaadlijk onrecht aan,
Door zulk een valsche smet op mij te werpen

MORE:
Means=Influence
Promotions=Advancements
Noble=Gold coin
Care-full=Full of concerns
Hap=Fortune
Suspects=Suspicions
Compleat:
Promotion=Bevordering, voortzetting, verhooging, verheffing tot een ampt
Noble [a coin]=Een zekere oude munt
A noble is quickly brought to nine pence=Een dukaton komt haast tot een stuyver; ‘t is geen kunst met ‘er haast een deel gelds te verquisten
Carefull=Zorgvuldig, bezorgd, zorgdraagend, bekommerd
Hap=Het luk, geval, toeval

Topics: suspicion

Categories: Richard III, suspicion|

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